The Dependence of Universities and Academic Institutions

The Dependence of Universities and Academic Institutions
Zajel / An-Najah National University Ibrahim Abu Lughud Conference on: The Role of Higher Education in the Context of an Independent Palestinian State 7-9 Nov.1996 If this general and complete legislative law is successful, then the Palestinian state apparatus will be able to oversee a public university or universities which the PLO had helped establish and support such as Al-Quds Open University and Al-Azhar. As for the other private universities, they will remain so, whether or not they consider themselves profit making institutions. If a university is privately run, yet non-profit, it can be considered public and private at the same time. The same is true for research centres under this law, which we will classify them as private or public. What is meant by a public/private, non-profit institution are those universities, research centres, or colleges registered as public institutions, run by a Board of Trustees. The ownership of the university/centre/College can be public or private, registered in the name of the Board of Trustees or supervisory group, such as the Islamic or Christian waqf agencies, or in the name of any charitable outfit. The one common characteristic is that the university research centre/college charter must declare that the institution is non-profit in order to enjoy this special dual status.